This time around we wanted to address an issue that was most relevant to Hank, which was the mental ramifications of seeing something unexplainable. It's an issue Hank had to go through when he saw not one but two fully morphed Wesen and was subsequently forced to question his own sanity. In addition to this, our aim was to address the issue of wrongful accusation. Wrongful accusation is a familiar story, but in the context of our unique Grimm world, it is unavoidably heightened. We always love to see Hank take center stage and have been waiting for a scene like that of our closing for quite some time - one in which he is able to reach out to someone who is struggling with something he knows all too well and use his unique understanding to be a beacon of reassurance.

In this episode, we really wanted to play with the notion of having another Grimm coming into the picture, even if it was just an imposter. The concept initially revolved around a self-loathing Wesen, and from there, we simply expanded by adding a little bit of hero worship. It was really important for us to have the imposter Wesen posing as a Grimm to be someone that was familiar but not a dead give away. We achieved that by introducing the seemingly innocent intern Ryan Smulson, played by the talented Michael Grant Terry, two episodes prior. It was a lot of fun for us to drop into our mythology the bit about Wesen having their own cautionary fairy tales, much like that of Nick's notorious ancestors, the Grimms. The Endezichen Grimm legend has proven to be one of our favorite creations to date.

Our primary focus this time around was to create a Halloween episode that would air right around October 31st. After we agreed on pursuing a story revolving around the Hispanic myth of La Llorona, it became apparent that there could be some potential for cross promotion. So our focus shifted into developing a dual telecast of the episode with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. We had a lot of fun implementing the Spanish language into the story line and were especially happy to showcase our very own Bitsie Tulloch's grasp of the Spanish language. Although we made it clear that La Llorona was unlike any creature we have seen to date, we purposely left the air around her vague and somewhat mysterious in order to respect and keep with the original Hispanic myth.